Allen Laughon

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

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Allen Laughon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allen Laughon has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Allen Laughon's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (19 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (5 papers). Allen Laughon is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (19 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (5 papers). Allen Laughon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and South Korea. Allen Laughon's co-authors include Matthew P. Scott, Sean B. Carroll, Raymond F. Gesteland, Kirby D. Johnson, R F Gesteland, Jaeseob Kim, Michael Boedigheimer, Brian Florence, F. Michael Hoffmann and R. R. Handrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Allen Laughon

32 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Sequence of a Drosophila segmentation gene: protein structure homology with DNA-binding proteins

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Renate Renkawitz‐Pohl Germany

Michael Zavortink United States

J. Peter Gergen United States

James E. Wilhelm United States

Yi Sun Taiwan

Robin P. Wharton United States

Udo Häcker Sweden

Janice A. Fischer United States

Allen Shearn United States

Susan R. Haynes United States

Renate Renkawitz‐Pohl Germany

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Cai, Yi & Allen Laughon. (2009). The Drosophila Smad cofactor Schnurri engages in redundant and synergistic interactions with multiple corepressors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1789(3). 232–245. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Sheng & Allen Laughon. (2007). Flexible interaction of Drosophila Smad complexes with bipartite binding sites. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1769(7-8). 484–496. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Sheng & Allen Laughon. (2006). Decapentaplegic-responsive Silencers Contain Overlapping Mad-binding Sites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(35). 25781–25790. 9 indexed citations

Johnson, Kirby D., et al.. (2001). Repression of Dpp Targets by Binding of Brinker to Mad Sites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(21). 18216–18222. 67 indexed citations

Johnson, Kirby D., et al.. (1999). Interaction of Smad Complexes with Tripartite DNA-binding Sites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(29). 20709–20716. 75 indexed citations

Halder, Georg, et al.. (1998). The Vestigial and Scalloped proteins act together to directly regulate wing-specific gene expression in Drosophila. Genes & Development. 12(24). 3900–3909. 189 indexed citations

Kim, Jaeseob, et al.. (1997). Drosophila Mad binds to DNA and directly mediates activation of vestigial by Decapentaplegic. Nature. 388(6639). 304–308. 453 indexed citations

Staehling-Hampton, Karen, Allen Laughon, & F. Michael Hoffmann. (1995). A Drosophila protein related to the human zinc finger transcription factor PRDII/MBPI/HIV-EP1 is required for dpp signaling. Development. 121(10). 3393–3403. 111 indexed citations

Laughon, Allen, et al.. (1994). Drosophila glial development is regulated by genes involved in the control of neuronal cell fate. Development Genes and Evolution. 204(2). 118–125. 4 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen, et al.. (1993). Drosophila glial architecture and development: analysis using a collection of new cell-specific markers. Development Genes and Evolution. 202(6). 341–354. 41 indexed citations

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Price, B.Duane & Allen Laughon. (1993). The isolation and characterization of a Drosophila gene encoding a putative NAD-dependent methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1173(1). 94–98. 6 indexed citations

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Boedigheimer, Michael, Peter J. Bryant, & Allen Laughon. (1993). Expanded, a negative regulator of cell proliferation in drosophila, shows homology to the NF2 tumor suppressor. Mechanisms of Development. 44(2-3). 83–84. 43 indexed citations

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Chang, Zhen, et al.. (1993). Molecular and Genetic Characterization of the Drosophila tartan Gene. Developmental Biology. 160(2). 315–332. 61 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen. (1991). DNA binding specificity of homeodomains. Biochemistry. 30(48). 11357–11367. 267 indexed citations

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Florence, Brian, R. R. Handrow, & Allen Laughon. (1991). DNA-binding specificity of the fushi tarazu homeodomain.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 11(7). 3613–3623. 80 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen, et al.. (1990). The DNA binding specificity of the Drosophila fushi tarazu protein: a possible role for DNA bending in homeodomain recognition.. PubMed. 2(2). 171–8. 16 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen, et al.. (1985). Common Properties of Proteins Encoded by the Antennapedia Complex Genes of Drosophila melanogaster. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 50(0). 253–262. 68 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen, Robert Driscoll, Norma M. Wills, & Raymond F. Gesteland. (1984). Identification of Two Proteins Encoded by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4 Gene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(2). 268–275. 7 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen & Raymond F. Gesteland. (1984). Primary Structure of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAL4 Gene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 4(2). 260–267. 255 indexed citations

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Laughon, Allen & R F Gesteland. (1982). Isolation and preliminary characterization of the GAL4 gene, a positive regulator of transcription in yeast.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 79(22). 6827–6831. 165 indexed citations

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